social investing

The 2011 SVN Fall Conference will bring together an influential and
diverse network of social entrepreneurs from around the world to
explore, inspire and create innovative ways to build a just and
sustainable economy.

Join a diverse gathering of not-for-profits, funders, investors,
government and real estate professionals working together to find
solutions that provide quality, secure, mission-enhancing workspace for
community organizations.

Renewal2 and one of its portfolio
companies Alter Eco Americas
were featured in the April 21st article "Investing for Change: A new
capitalism, coloured green." Written by renowned business journalist,
David Ebner, the article features Renewal Partners high
impact investment work and the extension of this work with the launch of
the Renewal2 investment fund, a fund that focuses on the green

Do you have or expect to come into inherited wealth? Do you have earned wealth? Or are you the partner of someone with wealth? Want to work with others to create a more just and equitable society? Would you like to talk with peers about the opportunities and challenges of having wealth? Interested in strategic philanthropy, responsible consumption, and/or effective social change activism? Want to use your resources to transform society and promote innovative social change? If you answered yes, then The 2008 Making Money Make Change: Many Stories, Many Strategies conference is for you!

I have a small sense of what Alice felt when she passed through the looking glass, and I have to tell you it is tons of fun. I had been peaking through for far too long, knowing that there was a different world where I might find more meaning, but I was afraid to cross through.